Seal for use in packing or for other like purposes



J. COLLINGS. A SEAL FOR use IN PACKING OR FOR OTHER LIKE PURPOSES.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 10, 1920.

Patented; Mar. 28, 1922.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. as, 1922.

Application filed July 10, 1920. Serial no 395,377.

(GRANTED UNDER. THE PROVISIONS OF THE ACT OF MARCH 3, '1921, 9:1 STAT.L, 1313.)

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Be it known that I, Jnssn CoLLINes, subject of His Majesty the King ofEngland, and resident of Richmond, in the county of Surrey and Kingdomof England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sealsfor Use in Packing or for other like Purposes, (for which I have filedan. application in Great Britain dated March 16, 1917, Patent No.112,853,) of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to seals for use in packing or for other likepurposes, such as the scaling up of mail or other bags, and in which atube, through which the string, cord or wire is passed, is inserted in aholder and crushed to prevent withdrawal of said string, cord or wire.

The object of the present invention is to provide an improved seal ofthis type which will be simple in construction, cheap to pro duce, andreliable and safe in practice.

The invention will now be described with reference to the accompanyingdrawings in which Figure 1 is a plan of a seal constructed in accordancewith the invention,

Figures 2 and 3 are side and front edge views, respectively, of same.

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 1 but showing the tube crushed.

Figure is an enlarged sectional elevation on the line 5-5 of Figure 4:,and

Figures 6 and 7 are views similar to Figures 4 and 5 but illustrating aslight modification and both the tube and the punchedout sectionscrushed.

According to the present invention, and as illustrated in Figures 1 to 7the improved seal comprises a tag, a which term is used to broadly coverany form of plate or holder of thin sheet metal and is adapted toreceive or have stamped thereon any desired trade advertisement ordesignating mark. At a suitable part. conveniently along one sidethereof, the said tag is formed with a plurality of alternativelyopposed curved or indented portions 6 provided by punching out smallstrips or sections of the metal alternatively from opposite sides. Thesecurved or indented portions 6 thus somewhat resemble corrugations andjointly provide a corrugated channel or hole a through the said tag andin the same plane. An inner tube or sleeve (1 of folded metal is nextinsorted through the corrugations, and the parts are so formed that thesaid tube will he held in place therein by friction or by expanding orbevelling the ends of the tube after insertion.

In use, the string, cord or wire (2 is passed through the inner tube (Zand the latter and /or the corrugations Z) of the tag is or are crushedby means of a suitable tool, such. as a pair of pliers, in a wave orcorrugated term, for instance as shown in Figures 5 and i, so as tocause the waves or corrugations of the tube to be pressed onto ortogether with the raised corrugations formed in the e, to be effectivelyinterlocked. In Figures 4 and 5 the tube (Z is engaged and crushed at fbetween each two adjacent corrugations Z) on each side and pressed ontoall of the corrugations, whilstin Figures 6 and 7 the cor rugations bare crushed at g and pressed together with theltube.

It will thus be understood that the crushing of the tube cl prevents thestring, cord or wire 6 passed through it being withdrawn, whilst thecorrugated channel in the tag effectively prevents any tampering withthe, tube, thus providing important additional security. i 1

What I claim is 1. A seal for use in packing or other like purposes,comprising a tag, formed with a plurality of alternately opposed curvedor indented strips. to provide a corrugated or irregular channel, and atube inserted in said channel and held by said strips, said tube be-ving pressed into an irregular formation to prevent the withdrawal of acord or wire passed through said tube.

2. A seal for use in packing or for other like purposes, comprising atag, formed with a plurality of alternately opposed curved or indentedstrips to provide a corrugated or irregular channel, and a tube insertedin said channel and held by said strips, said tube being pressed betweenand onto the curved or indented strips for the purpose of locking thetube in the channel.

3. A seal for use in packing or for other like purposes, comprising atag, formed with a plurality of alternately opposed curved or indentedstrips to provide a corrugated or irregular channel, and a tube insertedin said channel and held by said strips, said tube being pressed into anirregular formation to or thereabouts, thus causing the parts preventthe withdrawal of a cord or Wire passed through said tube, the ends ofthe irregularly formed tube being mutilatedto prevent displacement ofthe tube from the channel.

4:. A seal for use iii-packing or other like purposes comprising atagformed With a plurality of alternately opposed curved or indentedstripsto provide a corrugated or 10 irregular channel, and a tubeinserted in signed my name.

said ehanneland held by said strips, said tube being pressed fromopposite sides of the tag onto the alternately opposed or indentedstrips to prevent the withdrawal of a wire passed through said tube, thepressed or flattened portion of the tube preventing displacement of thetube from the channel.

In testimony whereof I- have hereunto JESSE ooLLIues-

